Swedish Kurbits Card

These Kurbits patterns were developed in the area around Leksand in Dalarna in Sweden around 1800 and they have become symbolic for Sweden, together with the brightly painted Dala Horse, also from Dalarna. The old times´ peasant painters often made illustrations to biblical scenes. The Kurbits Tree is the tree that was mentioned in the Bible. http://swedishdalapaintings.blogspot.se/http://lammersgallery.blogspot.se/

Viveca Lammers

"I like to combine different techniques so one picture can be made from both photo, handdrawing on paper, painting on paper, wood or canvas and then shot again with the camera or scanned and rearranged into something diffrent with the computer program Gimp. i like to make experiments.I am autodidact, but I grew up with a mother who had been studying Decorative Art at the Art School (Konstfack) in Stockholm. She was born in Dalarna and I have made many Dalecarlian Paintings in the old style that was dominant among the peasants in that area between 1790 and 1850. I like folkloristic art in general and especially illustrations to mythology." My cards are handpainted and mainly focused on the decorative aspects.